I love it when...

Things I love about babies.. well this baby especially:

I love it when she beams when I come into her room to get her out of her crib. I feel like I rescue her everyday!
I love it when she drops her head into me when she is tired
I love it when she laughs when I have hiccups
I love it when she says mama and baba all day
I love it when she talks to herself to sleep
I love it when she finds the edge of the carpet fascinating among many other things
I love it when she gets soo excited when she sees her dad
I love it when she puts on a show for all new strangers but is loyal to me when they take her away ;)
I love it when she eats fruits and has chipmunk cheeks
I love that she crawls with all her might just to get to where I am
I love it when I'm too tired to play with her and she just crawls all over me.
I love that her kisses are licks
I love her passion for food
I love that she laughs all the time and has learned to clap and wave.

Kiera, don't grow up too fast!

and The city mini Stroller WINS!

So I have to post about this because I have thought about this purchased for WAYYYY tooooo LONG! Kiera is ready to be out of her car seat and so we have to say goodbye to her graco snap and go unless she falls asleep in the car. I want something light, with a big canopy mid-range price, one hand fold , one hand steer, and strong enough to hold a bunch of groceries, and sturdy enough for long walks. So I Read SOOO many reviews and spent way too much time researcher about every stroller ( as if this decision will effect the rest of Kiera's life)! Did you know that people buy strollers for 1000 dollars! Or that there are tons of reviews on you tube about them? Or that baby gizmo has great reviews on many strollers! Anyways, after all the thinking, I decided that the City Mini will fit all my needs... plus I saw the color and fell in love... cause it was the color of my prom dress!

Here is a pic of it! Couldn't find an actual prom pic but I wore this at BYU too :D Hope it's as good as it seems. Perhaps I will give a review on it later :D

Pinterest

So I got hooked... if you haven't discovered pinterest you might want to take a look. I loved that I can store away all future ideas without constantly forgetting them. ahh makes browsing seem more productive :P . Anyway, on my first browsing adventure on pinterest I learned about SOCK CURLs!! okay It's amazing. This is where you learn how to do it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FV-YO46E8Y


Here is the before and after. ( love my background :P)Took me about 3 mins to do the night before and the curls came out MUCH better than me trying to curl it with a straightener. They lasted pretty long too. Although next time I think I would do the bun tighter.

The only issue about this method is when Kiera woke up last night she had a hard time going back to sleep cause when I checked in on her she saw my bun and was sooo shocked and curious that she kept looking at it! Her big eyes and constant stare at my bun cracked me up and I kept laughing, but I guess I did look pretty funny :P.

Update update!!

SOO MUCh has happened! Kiera is NOW eating FOOD! well smashed up greens. she is a great eater and even if she doesn't seem to like it and puts a weird face at every bite she will swallow and finish the whole bowl without complaint! Hope this trait continues! I took her to Utah LAST week and we had a blast! She went Swimming for the Very FIRST time at SEVEN peaks. Not sure if she was overwhelmed by the people or the water. Either way, she looked super cute or in her grandpa Chen's words " Sexy girl." One of my favorite things being in Utah was seeing her uncle Cody and auntie Jody play with her. She seemed to remember Sisi too! Since we were SUPER LUCKY to have her over for 10 days in LA about two weeks ago.They hold her in the cutest way and she seems to adore all of her uncles and aunties. She and I enjoyed the canyons, oh how I miss the mountains. It was soo fun seeing my family but after a week I was ready to be back to my spoiled weather and husband. It's been the LONGEST that we have ever been apart ever! So I missed him dearly!

The things we do for people we love.. :D

Kiera is so curious about everything and loves toys. We haven't gone out to get her a ton of toys yet, cause I'm secretly trying to delay and minimize baby stuff as long as possible...However the day is coming very soon, since I can no longer entertain her with all the little gadgets we have. Jonathan has even given up his old key board for her. So tonight I decided to make my own baby toy! Starting from the very basic. Rice filled sack! Hope it will entertain her for more than a minute ;P

Here is the link I got the step by step instruction from http://www.make-your-own-baby-stuff.com/support-files/printabel-baby-blocks-pattern-pdf.pdf.

Pretty cute?

All natural!

Hubby babysits!

I love it when my husband babysits. He constantly sends me updates with photos. Most of them are super cute but these last two just goes to show you how fathers and mothers differ when it comes to playing with children :PDaddy's Girl?

Seriously fun!

I seriously have fun all day if Kiera is having a good day and taking all her naps as perfectly scheduled :D. I have been working on tons of stuff. The project I'm going to tell you about is by far one of my favorite projects! So Katie, my sister in law, got Kiera a set of clips and I FELL in love with them so I decided I wanted to MAKE MORE and that I DID! I got a bunch of alligator clips for super cheap on AMAZON and found a bunch of cute deco packets at JoANNS and mixed and matched and here was the end result after ALOT of GLUING ! I also made a few head bands. Wish they suited me! I think they look cute on Kiera!

April/ May

So much has happened this past month! First off, we got to go to UTAH for Sisi’s Graduation. We stayed at Robert and Emily’s house ( A BIG THANKS to them) and got to walk around BYU campus with Kiera. It was so neat roaming around BYU with our baby. It made it extra special. It was surprising how many people I knew and ran into! However I know, in a few years all of the people i know will be gone and BYU won’t be nearly as exciting. Seeing Sisi Graduate was quite exciting. I was so happy for her. It made me think about all the fun experiences we had together at BYU. I’m just glad that we were able to be roommates and share the BYU experience together. Not many sisters get to do that.The trip was also extra special because we got to spend time with Casey. What a fun brother! We even surprised him with a camera attack at Panda Express. My favorite comment from Casey on this trip was after Kiera peed on his pants. He said looking at me with disgust and handing kiera back to me,“ I am not having any babies, I am going to adopt them all at age five!”
After Utah I did load after load of laundry! By the time I was done it was time to pack for D.C and ohio. The whole Chen family met up in D.C and we saw Madeleine ( Sunny’s little girl) for the first time. She is so cute and has tons of hair. We took lots of opportunities to take pictures of the kids. In D.C we got one day to tour and Laura was nice enough to take us around! She did fabulous! She showed us so many sites that we couldn’t get to in one day without her driving us around. I was amazed at how green D.C was. I love the brick houses that surround the neighborhood. On Saturday we also met up with Tammy and her husband Hugh! What a cute couple! It was so fun to see Tammy again and find out that she is still so wonderful and bright. It’s been too long since I got to see her. Kiera seemed to enjoy the trip and was very well behaved. After two full days in D.C we went to Ohio. In Ohio I was lucky again to see Alice and her new baby. Every time I see her I am just baffled that we were in primary once dreaming and wondering what we will become. Now, we have become and I think it’s better than what we once dreamed we would be! Who knew we would be both mothers at age 23. I for sure didn’t. But I love that I am! In Ohio we also got to experience a one in the life time opportunity with an amish family. We got to eat dinner with them! I just admired their big family and how hard working each child, wife and father was. It was interesting to learn more about their faith. The sacrifice they choose to take on in order to practice humility is quite an admirable practice. It made me wonder how I can further be humble and submissive. It made me remember and appreciate the source of everything I have. What a month indeed! PS. I updated my other blog! http://momentcaptured.blogspot.com/ Can you see the Buggy in the background? Yep they took us on a ride!